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27/04/2008, 6:32 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 3,563 Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! This could be a good translation exercise for the ones of you who study French .. Surprising, innit?? Julia Roberts se préfère au naturel L'actrice américaine sait surprendre son monde. On se souvient tous de la première londonienne de Notting Hill, en 1999, où elle était apparue avec des poils sous les aisselles. Julia Roberts en remet une couche en n'affirmant n'avoir jamais recours aux déodorants pour contribuer à la protection de l'environnement. Elle utilise un bon vieux savon et un peu d'huile de coude pour venir à bout des odeurs les plus récalcitrantes. L'actrice a fait cette révélation sur le plateau d'Oprah Winfrey : "Je ne mets jamais de déo. Je n'aime pas trop raconter ça aux gens, mais cela n'a jamais été mon truc". Julia Roberts précise quand même qu'elle prend toujours le temps de faire un brin de toilette à midi lorsqu'elle tourne. Elle vous toujours autant fantasmer messieurs?? Happy    Report

27/04/2008, 16:11 Cjlaws Joined on 19/03/2006 76270 Posts 198 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! Which bit is surprising, or particularly interesting? - That she didn't shave her armpits for the London première of Notting Hill? That she doesn't use deodorants, but uses soap and elbow grease instead to help save the planet? That she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show? That she has a wash and brush up at midday when she's filming? CJL    Report

27/04/2008, 17:12 Simone Joined on 29/10/2007 Posts 14 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! So what, hardly interesting news and her choice. There are lots that do the same here, whenever you're out and about BO is never far from your nasal passages. I will admit, I thought it was because of the cost of deodorants or something, not because they were trying to save the planet.    Report

27/04/2008, 18:12 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 3,563 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! No need to be agressive.. To me it was surprising from an American star to go to a premiere without shaving her armpits before and confessing she did not use deodorant either..  I thought  Brits and Americans thought it was disgusting to do so..  Apparently, I was wrong.. If it is seen as PC then .. fair enough!   Maybe she s trying to launch a new trend after all..  Happy    Report

27/04/2008, 18:17 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,732 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! There's a lot to be said for 'au naturel'. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

27/04/2008, 18:36 Monika Joined on 23/08/2004 Dorset/Suisse Normande/Switzerland Posts 621 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! I think the English and Americans are obsessed about it and I think it is good that she makes a stand and perhaps even succeeds to make it a "fashion statement". In the film Titanic there was a shot of a pencil drawing with a Lady with hairy armpits, and half the cinema errupted in cries of disgust, admittedly they were quite young.    Report

27/04/2008, 21:12 Tressy Joined on 26/02/2008 Charente-Maritime Posts 187 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" !  Frenchie wrote: No need to be agressive.. Ooooh! Who got deleted for being norty and 'agressive' in this thread? Blimey, I was only gone for a couple of hours! Hurrah for Ms Roberts and Dick Smith! There's not a lot wrong with a bit of sweat, as long as it's reasonably fresh - and I speak as a quite legendary (in my own lifetime) sweaty doglet type of gal!          Report

27/04/2008, 23:11 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" !  Monika wrote: I think the English and Americans are obsessed about it...... Well I must say I am English and I would not call myself obsessed, I remove my underarm hair when I need to, that's when I wear sleeveless tops, that's not very often in thees cold days, I do it for me, the same as if I were wearing a swimsuit I would make sure I had no embarrassing b**h showing!! all a matter of personal choice. As for deodorant isn't that another name for perfume! well I never say no to a little Channel no.5  Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

28/04/2008, 11:41 Clarkkent Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 518 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! Julia Roberts' armpits: Interesting foray into social norms and culture. My understanding is that the general defoliation of armpits began when the Gillette company found that the market for razors was saturated and decided to try to sell them to women as well as men. They invented the social disease of  "unsightly hair" and ran with it. I think that it caught on in the 1950/60s in Britain and in continental Europe rather later. Hairy armpits are now regarded as "unhygienic" but I know of no epidemics caused by them. It is now my belief (based on scant evidence) that defoliation of genitals is becoming common. If so, this seems to be driven by the porn industry, whose employees remove hair to enable customers to see whatever it is they want to look at more clearly. I find it distasteful that a potential definition of "normal behaviour" should have been defined in this way. I'm with Dick Smith here. Axillary and pubic hair is a normal sign of sexual maturity. Removal of this hair could be interpreted as another attempt to infantalise the female body.        Report

28/04/2008, 18:45 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,732 Re: Julia Roberts " Au Naturel" ! It is the infantilisation aspect which concerns me most. Alongside improbably augmented breasts - a very strange idea of women. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

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